Increasing Climate Variability and Change : Reducing the Vulnerability of Agriculture and Forestry

Chapter 1 Increasing Climate Variability and Change: Reducing the Vulnerability

Chapter 2 Foreword

Chapter 3 Climate Variability and Change: Past, Present and Future — an Overview

Chapter 4 Impacts of Present and Future Climate Variability and Change on Agriculture and Forestry in the Arid and Semi-Arid Tropics

Chapter 5 Impacts of Present and Future Climate Variability on Agriculture and Forestry in the Humid and Sub-Humid Tropics

Chapter 6 Impacts of Present and Future Climate Variability on Agriculture and Forestry in the Temperate Regions: Europe

Chapter 7 Impacts of Present and Future Climate Change and Climate Variability on Agriculture in the Temperate Regions: North America

Chapter 8 Assessing the Consequences of Climate Change for Food and Forest Resources: A View from the IPCC

Chapter 9 Achieving Adequate Adaptation in Agriculture

Chapter 10 The Development of Seasonal and Inter-Annual Climate Forecasting

Chapter 11 Seasonal and Inter-Annual Climate Forecasting: The New Tool for Increasing Preparedness to Climate Variability and Change in Agricultural Planning and Operations

Chapter 12 Using Traditional Methods and Indigenous Technologies for Coping with Climate Variability

Chapter 13 Tomorrow’s Forests: Adapting to a Changing Climate

Chapter 14 Management Strategies to Sequester Carbon in Agricultural Soils and to Mitigate Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Chapter 15 Climate, Communications, and Innovative Technologies: Potential Impacts and Sustainability of New Radio and Internet Linkages in Rural African Communities

Chapter 16 Role of Education and Training in Agricultural Meteorology to Reduce Vulnerability to Climate Variability

Chapter 17 Agrometeorological Research and Applications Needed to Prepare Agriculture and Forestry to 21st Century Climate Change

Chapter 18 Reducing Vulnerability of Agriculture and Forestry to Climate Variability and Change: Workshop Summary and Recommendations